Besides the SNSF, several Swiss academic research institutions have installed Open Access mandates concerning scholarly publications by their researchers. Additionally, the national action plan envisaged the creation of recommendations for the remaining Swiss higher education institutions. The Swiss Library Network for Education and Research (SLiNER) has drawn up a set of guidelines. The document is intended to help develop Open Access policies. It also provides an opportunity to check and discuss policies that have already been introduced. The adherence of the individual policies to joint principles based on international standards will ensure that Open Access is implemented consistently across all institutions, funding organisations and publishing houses. Institutional policies can be viewed in the Registry of Open Access Repositories Mandatory Archiving Policies (ROARMAP).